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John Mortimer
Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born April 21, 1923Died January 16, 2009 (85 years)
Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author.
Mortimer was a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote scripts for the Crown Film Unit), television and radio. He also wrote fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years.
Mortimer was a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote scripts for the Crown Film Unit), television and radio. He also wrote fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years.
John Mortimer Filmography
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | |
| 1993 | Under the Hammer (1994) (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Titmuss Regained (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1989 | Summer's Lease (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1984 | The Ebony Tower · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1969 | John and Mary · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Bunny Lake Is Missing · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Running Man · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Guns of Darkness · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene · as Self |
| 2009 | John Mortimer: A Life in Words · as Self |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Self |
| 2008 | Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies · as Self |
| 2007 | The Secret Life of Brian · as Self |
| 2006 | Longford · as Self |
| 2005 | Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The Trial of Lady Chatterley · as Self |
| 1979 | Friday Night Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Question Time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Author (segment "rumpole Of The Bailey") |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Panorama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) · as Diner In Line At Restaurant |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Filmed Tribute |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Trial and Error · as Associate Producer |
| 2001 | In Love and War · as Teleplay |
| 2000 | Don Quixote · as Teleplay |
| 1990 | Die Fledermaus · as English Adaptation |
| 1982 | A Voyage Round My Father · as Play |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited (TV Series) · as Adaptation |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as A Play By |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1967 | Der Mann aus dem Bootshaus · as Novel "the Narrowing Stream" |
| 1966 | Der Oberkellner · as Play |
| 1963 | Lunch Hour · as Story |
| 1962 | Trial and Error · as Play 'the Dock Brief' |
| 1961 | The Innocents · as Additional Scenes & Dialogue |
| 1961 | Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life · as Teleplay |
| 1960 | Sie können's mir glauben · as Play "call Me A Liar" |
| 1959 | Ferry to Hong Kong · as Additional Dialogue |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Plays |
| 1957 | The Dock Brief · as Play |
| 1957 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Play |